-age

See also: age, Age, âge, Agë, Åge, and âgé

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English -age, from Old French -age, from Latin -āticum. Cognates include French -age, Italian -aggio, Portuguese -agem, Spanish -aje, Romanian -aj.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ɪdʒ/, /ədʒ/ (earlier loans and when attached to any non-French roots)
  • IPA(key): /ɑʒ/ (more recent loanwords from French such as massage, mirage, barrage, etc.)
  • IPA(key): /eɪdʒ/ (obsolete)

SuffixEdit

-age

  1. forming nouns with the sense of collection or appurtenance.
    ‎word + ‎-age → ‎wordage
    Synonyms: -ery, -ing
  2. forming nouns indicating a process, action, or a result
    ‎block + ‎-age → ‎blockage
    ‎marry + ‎-age → ‎marriage
    ‎slip + ‎-age → ‎slippage
    ‎shrink + ‎-age → ‎shrinkage
  3. forming nouns of a state or relationship
    ‎bond + ‎-age → ‎bondage
    ‎marry + ‎-age → ‎marriage
  4. forming nouns indicating a place
    ‎orphan + ‎-age → ‎orphanage
    ‎hermit + ‎-age → ‎hermitage
  5. forming nouns indicating a charge, toll, or fee
    ‎post + ‎-age → ‎postage
    ‎broker + ‎-age → ‎brokerage
    ‎cork + ‎-age → ‎corkage
  6. forming nouns indicating a rate
    ‎percent + ‎-age → ‎percentage
    ‎mile + ‎-age → ‎mileage
  7. forming nouns of a unit of measure.
    ‎volt + ‎-age → ‎voltage
    ‎foot + ‎-age → ‎footage
    ‎tonne + ‎-age → ‎tonnage
    ‎hour + ‎-age → ‎hourage

Derived termsEdit

► English words suffixed with -age


TranslationsEdit

AnagramsEdit

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French -age.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈaː.ʒə/
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SuffixEdit

-age

  1. Creates nouns from verbs and from other nouns. It denotes:
    1. action
      ‎kijven (“to altercate, dispute, wrangle”) + ‎-age → ‎kijvage (“squabbling”)
      ‎lekken (“to leak”) + ‎-age → ‎lekkage (“leakage”)
    2. collectivity
      ‎tuig (“rig”) + ‎-age → ‎tuigage (“rigging”)
    3. result of an action
      ‎stellen + ‎-age → ‎stellage

Derived termsEdit

► Dutch words suffixed with -age


FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle French -age, from Old French -age, from Latin -āticum, greatly extended from words like rivage and voyage.

PronunciationEdit

SuffixEdit

-age

  1. Forming nouns with the sense of "action or result of Xing" or, more rarely, "action related to X".
  2. Forming nouns with the sense of "state of being (a) X".
  3. (rare) Forming collective nouns.

Usage notesEdit

  • Although the historical suffix has had many applications (e.g. family relationships, locations), it is now restricted primarily to the sense of "action of Xing", and many terms now have little to no connection with the most common uses. This is especially notable of those descended from actual Latin words in -aticus such as fromage and voyage.

DescendantsEdit

  • → Dutch: -age
  • → Romanian: -aj

See alsoEdit

► French words suffixed with -age


JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

-age

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あげ

Middle EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French -age, from Latin -āticum.

PronunciationEdit

SuffixEdit

-age

  1. Forms nouns indicating a right or relationship.
  2. Forms nouns indicating a charge, toll, or fee.
  3. (not productive) Used in nouns taken from Old French indicating actions, results, groups, etc.

Derived termsEdit

► Middle English words suffixed with -age


DescendantsEdit

Middle FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French -age, from Latin -āticum.

SuffixEdit

-age

  1. forms nouns with the sense of "action or result of Xing" or, more rarely, "action related to X"
  2. forms nouns with the sense of "state of being (a) X"

Derived termsEdit

► Middle French words suffixed with -age


DescendantsEdit

OccitanEdit

SuffixEdit

-age

  1. (Mistralian) Alternative form of -atge

Old FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin -āticum.

SuffixEdit

-age

  1. forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result of'
  2. forms nouns with the sense of 'state of being'

Derived termsEdit

► Old French words suffixed with -age


DescendantsEdit

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